Onion runs spoof article saying Kim Jong-un is world's sexiest man. Chinese state press report it as fact, with FIFTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
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Venyanamore (@venyanamore) November 27, 2012Oh, China’s state-run media! Propaganda is hard! The satirical magazine, The Onion, ran a piece naming the dictator “sexiest man alive.” China’s Communist Party news site totally ran with it. As fact.
No, really.
People's Daily doesn't understand The Onion, congratulates Kim Jong-Un on being named Sexiest Man Alive shst.me/4ck—
Shanghaiist.com (@shanghaiist) November 27, 2012
Oops! Chinese newspaper mistakes article by @TheOnion as legit…hails report naming Kim Jonh-un "Sexiest man Alive" bit.ly/To5Cij—
Christopher Cottick (@Cottick) November 27, 2012
Chinese Communist Newspaper People's Daily Does Huge Feature On The Onion Naming Kim Jong Un The Sexiest Man Alive read.bi/USfuSS—
Business Insider (@businessinsider) November 27, 2012
Truth stranger than fiction. People's Daily praises Kim Jong Un for being named Onion's "sexiest man alive" english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.…—
Leslie Hook (@lesliehook) November 27, 2012
You really can’t make this stuff up.
Amazing! Chinese site treats The Onion as a serious news site and publishes its Kim Jong Un story as fact english.people.com.cn/90777/8035568.…—
Quinton O'Reilly (@qoreilly) November 27, 2012
Amazing: People's Daily runs Onion story on Kim Jong-un as "sexist man alive." With 55 pics. bit.ly/Qne3wY—
Edward Wong (@comradewong) November 27, 2012
LMAO! – RT @globeandmail: Oops. China's Communist Party paper hails North Korea's Kim Jong-Un as 'sexiest man alive': flpbd.it/fSUrm—
Jen (@Aloha075) November 27, 2012
Oh, our aching sides! Hey, remember when Stephanie Cutter cited the propaganda agency as a “must read?” And Joe “Gaffetastic” Biden then also embraced the Chinese propaganda? Good times, good times!
It gets better: A Korean news outlet reports it as fact as well.
Kim Jong-un named "Sexiest Man Alive" by the Onion…reported seriously in Korean newspaper. koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/natio…—
Sarah Moglia (@Mowgli3) November 27, 2012
From KoreaTimes.co.kr: "Kim Jong-un named Sexiest Man Alive for 2012"
koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/natio… They cited The Onion—
Zak Strassberg (@ZakStrassberg) November 26, 2012
The #Korea Times did as well: Kim Jong-un named Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 bit.ly/Smhow1—
L (@lina) November 27, 2012
From Korea Times:
The Onion has announce that North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, 29, has officially been named the newspaper’s Sexiest Man Alive for the year 2012.
“With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman’s dream come true,” the paper reported.
Officially! Reported! Stop, we can’t take much more.
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, 29, has officially been named the Sexiest Man Alive for the year 2012. koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/natio…—
Mikko Tuomela (@mikkotuomela) November 26, 2012
Kim Jong-un named Sexiest Man Alive for 2012. (Source: Korean Times) koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/natio…—
Patrick Skahill (@ptskahill) November 27, 2012
Source!
Sadly, or hilariously, these news sites were not alone.
Kim Jong Un was named the sexiest man alive #what #wat #no #uh—
Chessie Reece☀ (@cheeesierice) November 24, 2012
Oh, dear. Bless.
Hey, you remember when China's top party paper touted The Onion's decision to name Kim Jong-Un the Sexiest Man Alive? beijingcream.com/2012/11/chines…—
Beijing Cream (@beijingcream) November 27, 2012
Oh, Twitter will remember. For a long time to come. Thanks for the long-term giggles, state-run mouthpiece!
Look at these pictures of Kim Jong-Un on horses and tell me he ISN'T the sexiest man alive: beijingcream.com/2012/11/chines…—
Beijing Cream (@beijingcream) November 27, 2012
Heh.